Alison Peirse

Professor of Film StudiesUniversity of Leeds

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A Terrible Cold-Blooded Murder of an Innocent Woman

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Alison Peirse University of Leeds

January 26, 2024
A Terrible Cold-Blooded Murder of an Innocent Woman Curator's Note My QRFV article is a feminist history of women screenwriters working in horror film, read through Sorry, Wrong Number (1948), written by Lucille Fletcher. Given this approach, it seems ...
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Dexter and Film Noir: Lila the Femme Fatale

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Alison Peirse University of Leeds

November 02, 2009
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Dexter and Film Noir: Lila the Femme Fatale Dexter Femme Fatale Film Noir Lila Curator's Note Dexter (to Lila): You are more dangerous than my addiction will ever be (“Resistance is Futile,” 2.9) Dexter mines film noir tropes with glee: the ...

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Re: Dexter: Repression, Revelation and the Significance of Mommy

Maternal Repetition

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Alison Peirse University of Leeds

Wednesday, November 4, 2009 — 1:34 pm
Hi Beth Loved the post, I think its great to see someone being brave enough to bring psychoanalysis to TV Studies! I liked the analogy between Dexter's mother and Rita; it's something I've not thought about before, even thought from your an ...
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Re: Fragments of Dexter: The Credit Sequence as Character Study

Serial Killers in Suburbia

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Alison Peirse University of Leeds

Wednesday, November 4, 2009 — 1:19 pm
Angelina, I really liked your analysis, and am glad to see someone taking the time to thoroughly think through the credit sequence. A point that has started to come out of previous threads is the sequence's implicit connections between serial killing ...